一对年轻夫妇在新奥尔良买下了他们梦想中的家,结果却被一个认为房子应该属于她的偏执母亲所折磨。A woman, once featured as Mother of the Year, is obsessed with owning a new-build house which she imagines will be a cure-all for her dysfunctional family of redneck husband and simple, epileptic daughter. When a doctor and his pregnant wife purchase the property, she employs increasingly dangerous ploys to terrorise the couple into moving out.